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Teaching from Sunday, June 28...

Here is the last message from One Prayer... the series we joined with hundreds of churches from around the globe. On June 28, we ended with a message from Perry Noble, called "God is...Here" (Download God Is... Here) in which he spoke and reminded us that because of Jesus' life and death and resurrection (woohoo!) God is here! What an awesome, powerful reminder that (perhaps) we need to hear every week.

Really enjoyed this past month (June) of joining in with other communicators from different churches. As a reminder (and if you would like to find out more about the other speakers - I podcast their sermons!), here is the info and websites of the other speaker/ pastors who taught Oasis Church this past month as part of One Prayer...

Craig Groeschel - www.lifechurch.tv

Francis Chan - www.cornerstonesimi.com

Perry Noble - www.newspring.cc

Baptism @ the beach this past Sunday!

Awesome day, great weather, exciting time baptizing 4 people (Jim, Adam, Alexis, and Andrew)... enjoy the video!

Why should I be baptized? Part 1

See you @ the beach this Sunday!

This Sunday...

No Church At The Theater!! Now, you are welcome to go to the theater on Sunday, July 5 at 10:30am...but you will be all by yourself! Ha!

Instead of meeting at theater, we will be meeting at the beach for a picnic and baptism!

Where? Huguenot Memorial Park and specifically, we have rented Pavilion #3 (you should get a map at the entrance to the park)

What time? 4 – 7pm (Baptism will be held at 6pm)

What should we bring? Great question... bring beach stuff (towels, hat's, sunscreen, etc...), food and drinks for you and your family (you can go the sandwich route or bring the items needed for a cookout...there are grills near our pavilion), and any thing else you bring to beach...balls, frisbee, skim board, etc... and feel free to invite some friends, family, neighbors to come with you!

What about cost? It is $3 per car (cash only) to enter the park.

Anything else? Come ready to have a good time and ready to interact and grow in our friendships as Oasis Church...and come ready to celebrate with those who obeying Jesus and going public with their faith by being baptized!

Pray for no rain and low tide! By the way, if it is raining at your house, check weather.com or jacksonville.com to find out if it is raining at the beach...the good thing is, storms don't usually last long in Florida...and just because it's raining at your house doesn't mean it is raining at the beach! My goal is to get to the beach a little early and give some updates by twitter...you can see the updates on the blog, on my facebook, or here...

Parent/ Child Dedication Pics

Here are some pics taken from the dedication portion of our service this past Sunday... 7 families joined in together, with our church, in prayer and committing to follow Jesus and to trust God to guide, protect, and give wisdom to the parents as they seek to model and teach to their children how to worship God with their lives. What a privilege for Jonathan (our Oasis Kidz Pastor) and I, to pray with them and for our church to pray over these families...we are in this together... no one stands alone!

Teaching for One Prayer - Week 3

Ok, so I am a little behind here...but I am trying to get caught up! Here is the teaching (Download One Prayer - Part 3) for week 3 of our One Prayer series. This was taught on Father's Day and continues our theme for the month... "God Is..."

The teaching for Sunday, June 21 was "God Is...Father".

Weekend Update

•     got back in town from our cruise/ 10th anniversary week together about 9pm on Saturday

•     spent a few hours that night getting ready for the service on Sunday

• really good to get away... really really good to come home

• we missed our boys... but that being said, it is so important to get away and continue to build and spend time with your spouse working on your marriage

• yes, I said WORK on your marriage!

• Sunday morning dawned and we were up and ready to go...we're back baby!

• Since we returned after the boys went to bed, we first saw them on Sunday morning... I wish I could bottle their looks and realization of us and them that we were together again...wow!

• Set-up went well...everything came together, all the team members were in town...it was great!

• We had our first Parent/ Child Dedication... 7 families were prayed for and challenged to trust on God and to follow Jesus...what a privilege to be part of this special day for families!

• I think the youngest child was about 3 or 4 weeks old and the oldest was in 4th grade... I don't know how the old the parents were!

• I was able to meet several new families...always great to meet and greet visitors!

• They heard about our church because of our street signs that are put out each week

• I typically put them out Friday evening and pick them up Sunday evening

• The funny thing is, since I was out of town, NO SIGNS were even put out last weekend! HA!

• We had several key families out of town and yet, we still had over 100 involved as Oasis Church...awesome!

• Finished our One Prayer series with a message by Perry Noble of Newspring Church in Anderson, SC

• He spoke on “God is...Here”... what a great thought!

• Really enjoyed the past month of teaching and joining in with great communicators and churches from across the nation

• Looking forward to this Sunday... no church at the theater!

• Beach Picnic and Baptism at Huguenot Memorial Park.... 4-7pm!

• We have 3 people ready to be baptized... if you want to be baptized, there is still time to get signed-up! Send me an email.... jeremyh@oasisnfl.com

• Also pumped about our teaching in July...starting on the 12th, we begin a 4 week series on Philippians...can't wait!

Child Dedication this Sunday!

We have several families signed up already...looking forward to the dedication this Sunday, June 28!

Here are some key thoughts as to why we have Child Dedication

-this is really a Parent Dedication... we as parents are committing to raise our kids to know and worship God through following Jesus and living by the power of the Holy Spirit
-we as parents are acknowledging our kids are really owned by God...we have been given responsibility to raise them from Him
-we are following the example of Hannah in the Old Testament (1 Samuel 1) and Mary and Joseph from the New Testament (Luke 2: 25 – 35)
-we as a church want to come alongside parents and pray for and partner with families as we teach kids (both in word and example) how to live and follow the Bible
-we believe all generations and ages are valuable and important and this is a chance for us to challenge each other and celebrate what God is doing at Oasis Church and all over the world!

If you want more info and have not already signed up, please email Jonathan Higdon at jonathanh@oasisnfl.com .

After signing up, please arrive at the theater by 10:15am. The dedication will happen after the first song of the service and we don't want you to miss it! Please let any friends and families you are inviting this information also so that they can be part of this special time with us.

Our Cruise Ship...

I hope this makes it to Mexico!

Just joking... here is our ship...